Pinhole cameras set off bomb scares in Broomfield two nights in a row

Photo of one of the pinhole cameras that set off two bomb scares this week in Broomfield. (Courtesy Broomfield Police Department)

Broomfield police responded on Tuesday and Wednesday to reports of suspicious devices attached to a park bench and fence, but both times the objects in question turned out to be pinhole cameras, according to officials.

The first call came at 10:28 p.m. Tuesday in the open space area west of 18th Avenue and Iris Street after someone reported a suspicious device taped to a park bench.. The Adams County Hazardous Device Unit responded and determined the device was a homemade pinhole camera -- a sealed can with a small hole and photographic paper inside.

Photo of one of the pinhole cameras that set off two bomb scares this week in Broomfield. (Courtesy Broomfield Police Department)

At 8:42 p.m. Wednesday, a resident reported another suspicious device, this time taped to a fence in the open space area northwest of Ridgeview Circle and Kohl Street. Crews once again determined the device was a pinhole camera.

There are no charges pending in the case, but officials are trying to find out who owns the pinhole cameras.

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